2024
Dicastery
Holy Mass in preparation for Christmas for Vatican employees at Palazzo San Calisto, presided over by Cardinal Pietro Parolin
On 18 December, a Holy Mass in preparation for Christmas was held in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of ...
IYAB
From twenty cultures to one body: the young members of the International Youth Advisory Body proclaim, “Christ is alive!”
From 9-13 December, Rome hosted the first in-person meeting of the newly elected members of the International Youth Advisory Body (IYAB), composed of 20 young advisors from various ...
IYAB
The second group of IYAB, at the service of the Universal Church, meets the Dicastery
From December 9-13, 2024, the First Meeting of New Members of the International Youth Advisory Body (IYAB) is taking place in Rome. Sharing, mutual listening and spirt of mission Twenty young ...
Laity
Intervention by Card. Kevin Farrell to the II International Congress of Confraternities and Popular Piety
The 2nd International Congress of Confraternities and Popular Piety was held from 4 to 8 December in Seville, Spain. The International Congress opened with the reading of Pope Francis' Message ...
Elderly
Two online meetings, towards the 2nd International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly
On 3 and 5 December, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life organized two important online meetings with those responsible for the pastoral care of the elderly in the Conferences of Bishops ...
Movements and Associations
The proceedings of the Meeting of Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements and New Communities have been published (13 June 2024)
The book, which will soon be translated into English, Spanish, and French, includes the texts of the papers from the day with the Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements ...
WYD
Portuguese and Korean Youth in St. Peter’s basilica for the handover of WYDs Symbols
During the weekend of November 23-24, the 39th World Youth Day was celebrated all around the world. In the Vatican, it was especially celebrated with the ceremonial passing of the Youth Cross ...
Ad Limina
In November, the Dicastery also met with Greece
The Catholic Church in Greece is a very minoritarian Church. Greek Catholics of all rites (Latin, Byzantine, Armenian) number about 60,000 faithful (0.5% of the country's population). In ...
Ad Limina
The Ad Limina Visits of the SECAM countries ended in November
With four Episcopal Conferences - Namibia, Lesotho, Mali and CERNA - the Visits ad Limina of the countries that are part of SECAM/SCEAM (Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and ...
WYD
At the end of the celebration, the traditional handing over of WYD symbols from Lisbon to Seoul
The 39th World Youth Day will be celebrated on Sunday, 24 November 2024, the Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe. This year, the Holy Father has chosen as its theme the ...
WYD Seoul 2027
Designed by a team of young people following an online survey, here are its symbols and meanings explained
The design of the logo for the 41st World Youth Day in Seoul, to be held in 2027, was the first step taken by the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) in Seoul and was announced during a Press ...
Formation of the laity
For the success of “Sport for All” in 2022, an award to Santiago Perez de Camino
The TAFISA Friend for Life award ceremony was held on Monday, 11 November, in the main hall of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. In the presence of the Secretary, Dr. Gleison De ...
Family
Gabriella Gambino's greeting to participants
The National Commission for the Pastoral Care of Family and Life of the Uruguayan Conference of Bishops organized the National Meeting of Families, which took place on Saturday, 19 October ...
Marriage
Keynote speech by Professor Gambino at the 54th ASCAI National Congress in Pompei
From 2 to 5 September 2024, the 54th Congress of Associazione Canonistica italiana (ASCAI) took place in Pompei under the theme “Matrimonial consent and lack of faith: teachings and ...
WMOF - 30 Years
Ten World Meetings told in ten minutes, looking towards 2028
On 8 October 1994, Saint John Paul II summoned families from across the world to Rome to celebrate the first World Meeting of Families. It has been thirty years since that first meeting, and ...